include
[in-klood]
verb (used with object), in·clud·ed, in·clud·ing.
to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
to place in an aggregate, class, category, or the like.
to contain as a subordinate element; involve as a factor.
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incorporate, receive, cover, introduce, add, combine, have, enter, carry, encompass, hold, comprise, build, count, interpolate, implicate, entail, encircle, interject, number
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- inclining,
- inclinometer,
- inclip,
- inclose,
- inclosure,
- include out,
- included,
- including,
- incluse,
- inclusion
Origin of include
SYNONYMS FOR include
1. embody. Include, comprehend, comprise, embrace imply containing parts of a whole. To include is to contain as a part or member, or among the parts and members, of a whole: The list includes many new names. To comprehend is to have within the limits, scope, or range of references, as either a part or the whole number of items concerned: The plan comprehends several projects. To comprise is to consist of, as the various parts serving to make up the whole: This genus comprises 50 species. Embrace emphasizes the extent or assortment of that which is included: The report embraces a great variety of subjects.
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include
verb (tr)
Word Origin for include
C15 (in the sense: to enclose): from Latin inclūdere to enclose, from in- ² + claudere to close
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include
c.1400, from Latin includere "to shut in, enclose, imprison, insert," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). The alleged Sam Goldwyn-ism, "Include me out," is attested from 1937. Related: Included; including.
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